Work & commute · Buckner

Work & commute in Buckner, MO

Most working residents leave Buckner for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (22%), Independence (12%) and Blue Springs (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 1,515 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,452 Buckner residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 364 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckner.

1,452live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

364work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckner goes to work

Kansas City19 mi away

22%340

Independence8.9 mi away

12%180

Blue Springs9.1 mi away

8%119

Lee's Summit17.7 mi away

6%89

Buckner (in town)right here

4%63

Liberty14.1 mi away

3%47

Kansas City, KS29.2 mi away

3%46

Grain Valley8.2 mi away

3%41

North Kansas City19.7 mi away

2%36

Overland Park, KS31.4 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%519

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Buckner commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

25%

51%

14%

11%

25%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckner is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckner are

427 jobs are based in Buckner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buckner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buckner

427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Buckner residents hold

1,515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+29%

Jobs based in Buckner, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 427. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.